Russia sets September 10 for elections in the newly annexed territories.
The Central Election Commission of Russia on Thursday set the date for regional elections in four Ukrainian provinces annexed by Moscow for September 10, coinciding with votes in other Russian regions, the state news agency RIA reported.
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Elections official Ella Pamfilova said the Russian Defense Ministry and the Federal Security Service (FSB) consider it possible to hold the elections in September, TASS, another Russian news agency, reported. ‘State.
The purpose of the polls is to elect local governors. Russia does not fully control the regions of Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhia And Kherson, where fighting is still ongoing. Russia declared the areas its own territory last September after holding what it called referendums in occupied areas of Ukraine, which Kiyv and the West have denounced as illegal and coercive.